Nature, Published online: 24 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10911-y

Author Correction: Feature-specific threat coding in lateral septum guides defensive action

Nature, Published online: 24 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02268-z

Early tests suggest the protein can be aimed at targets with tumour-causing mutations.

Nature, Published online: 24 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02332-8

Chief US science adviser calls for a shakeup in funding while handing out grants to accelerate research with AI.

Nature, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02279-w

A shift from nomadic lifestyles could have triggered linguistic diversity before it then declined rapidly.

Nature, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02293-y

Forecasters predict that the monster climate pattern will combine with global warming to push global temperatures in 2027 to new heights.

Nature, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02169-1

Two of the four are the first Chinese-born winners of the prize since 1982.

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10913-w

RNA synthesis and substrate analog inhibition in the CCHFV polymerase

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02219-8

Recent breakthroughs suggest usable devices could be here in a decade.

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10701-6

Structural studies of Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) polymerase reveal the structural basis of CCHFV RNA synthesis and highlight druggable sites for designing both nucleoside antivirals and non-nucleoside antivirals.

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10824-w

By integrating a solution-grown perovskite microplate with chemically inert single-walled carbon nanotube electrodes and embedding them into an optical microcavity, the new microdevices can achieve polariton lasing under a constant direct current at 8 K.

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10803-1

Chemotherapy, particularly with platinum-based drugs, is associated with substantial, rapidly detectable mutagenesis in childhood cancers, tripling private signatures and doubling mutation burden, highlighting therapy-induced tumour evolution and opportunities for safer, de-escalated treatment.

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10831-x

Cryo-electron microscopy sheds light on the architecture of the Trypanosoma brucei mitochondrial editosome and reveals how this assembly mediates mRNA editing through the insertion and deletion of uridine nucleotides.

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10817-9

An insulator-free topological waveguide architecture comprising four inequivalent photonic valley half-semimetals arranged in a parallel, cyclic configuration and stacked very close to one another demonstrates robust, multi-lane, unidirectional light transport with 100% spatial efficiency.

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10751-w

Radial velocity measurements provide evidence for a Jupiter-mass exosatellite orbiting the brown dwarf companion CD-35 2722 B, a promising detection of an exomoon-like object.

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10808-w

Renal cell carcinoma tumours containing tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) are enriched for exhausted CD8+ T cells, including tumour-specific clonotypes with stem-like progenitor features and reduced terminal exhaustion.

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10827-7

Using a virtual reality system, experiments in Drosophila show that flies use memory mechanisms to navigate along the boundary of an odour plume and track the source of a smell.

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10794-z

ContactSeek is an AlphaFold3-driven model that can improve the precision of genome-editing tools.

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10820-0

A workflow using artificial intelligence-redesigned starting points to evolve enzymes with improved properties compared with those evolved from natural proteins is established.

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10778-z

The Great Barrier Reef Microbial Genomes Database compiles prokaryotic, viral and eukaryotic genomes from seawater collected from the Great Barrier Reef, providing a rich resource for the study of marine microbial communities and ecosystem research and management.

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10797-w

A high-resolution developmental transcriptional atlas of the Drosophila melanogaster nerve cord identifies a shared transcriptional code that records neuronal birth order and organizes neuronal diversity.